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Rodrigo Lopez

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #13

Born: December 14, 1975 in Tlalnepantla, Mexico State, Mexico
MLB debut: April 29, 2000

dbWAR: 1.4
IP: 6.1
ERA: 5.68
FIP: 5.30
K/9: 2.8
FIP−: 132

Rodrigo Lopez was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2012 he struck out 2 batters over 6.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.68 was 41.6% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 5.30 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.4% of swings (5.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 5.9%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2012 regular season.

FIP5.30

K/92.8

WHIP2.05

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2000, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2012	CHC	4	0	6.1	0	1	8	4	2	5	5.68	5.30	2.05	2.8	7.1	142	132	-0.1
2011	CHC	26	16	97.2	6	6	116	48	54	29	4.42	5.36	1.48	5.0	2.7	112	136	-0.8
2010	AZ	33	33	200.0	7	16	227	111	116	56	5.00	5.21	1.42	5.2	2.5	122	128	-0.3
2009	PHI	7	5	30.0	3	1	42	19	19	11	5.70	4.23	1.77	5.7	3.3	132	98	0.3
2007	COL	14	14	79.1	5	4	83	39	43	21	4.42	4.75	1.31	4.9	2.4	99	106	0.8
2006	BAL	36	29	189.0	9	18	234	124	136	59	5.90	4.91	1.55	6.5	2.8	130	108	1.2
2005	BAL	35	35	209.1	15	12	232	114	118	63	4.90	4.63	1.41	5.1	2.7	114	108	1.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2000, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2011	CHC	16	33	2	0	1	11	.067	.097	.067	.000	.105	3.0%	33.3%	.081	-6.1	-66	-0.2
2010	AZ	31	72	5	1	1	35	.078	.104	.078	.000	.167	1.4%	48.6%	.089	-13.5	-63	-0.5
2009	PHI	5	9	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	44.4%	.000	-2.4	-125	-0.1
2007	COL	13	24	1	0	1	13	.045	.087	.045	.000	.111	4.2%	54.2%	.071	-5.3	-76	-0.2
2006	BAL	1	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-0.8	-126	-0.0
2005	BAL	2	4	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-1.1	-130	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	12	10	3	0	2	1	.300	.417	.700	.463	8.3%
vs RHB	22	15	5	0	3	1	.333	.450	.400	.382	4.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Rodrigo Lopez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	36.5%	38	87.2	1,998	36.8%	6.3%	9	—	—
Slider	24.0%	25	79.4	787	24.0%	33.3%	6	—	—
Sinker	22.1%	23	87.7	2,294	26.1%	0.0%	6	—	—
Changeup	16.3%	17	81.5	1,890	29.4%	33.3%	4	—	—

Rodrigo Lopez's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.